Chat has become so vicious that chess.com has decided to Auto mute

even though people can choose to mute manually

Now you don't have to Auto mute chess.com will do that for you now

That is so true! I've actually had at least 2 blatant racist permanently banned. I actually had to change my privacy settings to "kid mode" on the "other" site.

Someone told me they hoped I got corona and died because I beat them.  Lots of rude players outside the US who hate Americans.

Uh huh, because Great Britain is such a perfect utopian model of a nation. If you believe that I've got oceanfront property for sale for ya real cheap just north of London. 

Insulting an entire nation hypocritically failing to acknowledge your own nation's problems as if ours is messed up and yours isn't is just  infantile. 

The U.S.A. has problems, obviously! But so does the U.K. and just about every damn country on the planet except maybe New Zealand. I love Kiwis but they're just crazy. 

That awkward moment, when you realize an American made that comment as a joke, and even if you did not know that their flag is Iceland not UK, so that could not be mistaken in any way. If you took the time to hover over her flag, it would say Iceland, so that can't be anything other than ignorance.

It's just that the US's problems are a bit obvious. There's anti-vaxxers, school shootings, high obesity rates, etc. Nothing against the US, of course. But I can understand where he's coming from.

I can concur the UK is a sh*thole

Do you think that Iceland is in the United Kingdom? It wouldn't surprise me.

Don't try to drag everyone else down with America, because I can assure you that we are nothing alike.

By the way Iceland is absolutely miles away from the UK LOOOL

Yet here you apparently are.

Actions > words

The USA is a great country.....it is, however, being slowly corrupted by leftists and idiots. And by the way, the number of school shootings is by far exaggerated. And true, America does have it's problems, but it is still by far the best country on the planet! America is slowly declining....because we are slowly leaving the principles we where founded on. Read the Declaration of Independence, and compare that to what America has become, and see if the Founders ever intended America to be this way? We as a country got away from the Biblical, Christian principles this nation was founded upon. And look what it got us....ruin.

It can if your eyes are shot and you aren't wearing your readers. Hahaha...comment still stands as it's just as applicable. I mean c'mon for the love of all that's holy! Is there any really reason to slam each other's nations? Yes, Iceland - forgive me - indeed has problems. 

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. The secret to life is that we all live in a glass house to a degree. For the record I've got no problem with any nation's people. At any given moment how many people on chess.com actually have the power to rectify the corruption and evil of our respective nation's leaderships? 

I'm gonna throw out a wild guess and say ZERO! 

And Singapore? Really? So your nation's substantial discrimination against LGTBQ, your power hungry overtly corrupt politicians are somehow a non issue right? 

I like Iceland, the U.K. I've been to all three nations and they all have wonderful people and stunning landscapes - Iceland wins that one, but for any of you to blast my nation pretending yours is hunky dory is just sophistry at its finest. 

I agree Actions > Words but there is no denying our government are a shambles like a primary school football team. If you took your head out of your arse and read the news, we can't go anywhere right now.

cheers

My opinion is that none of us should be blasting our nations or others. We should all be pretty fed up with the ruling/political class. That's a global problem!

I mean they've got us eating at each other! 

Not to get political here, but people with more liberal views aren’t necessarily the issue. I’m a touch bit on the conservative side, yet I press for alternative energy and slowing global warming. Don’t judge people just because they have different values, it helps to be open to new possibilities. Even if they are wrong, a fresh perspective might help you gain a crucial insight. As for idiots though, I agree. 

We should continue this discussion in a club. Chess.com doesn’t allow political talk in a public forum.

Politicians = Liars